3Com SuperStack II, NETBuilder SI Symbols, Command syntax. These symbols are summarized in Table

154APPENDIX C: SYNTAX CONVENTIONS

Abbreviated Syntax The abbreviated syntax shown in uppercase is the shortest unambiguous abbreviation of a command, parameter, or value that can be entered. You can enter the abbreviated form in lower- or uppercase letters at the Enterprise OS prompt.

Figure 16 shows the abbreviated version of the syntax shown in

Figure 15.

Figure 16 Abbreviated Syntax

Commands, parameters, and service names can be entered in abbreviated form. Uppercase denotes the shortest unambiguous abbreviation of a command, service name, or parameter.

Command name Service name Parameter name

SETD !1 -BR TB = NTB Value

Additional syntax examples are provided in “Full and Abbreviated Syntax

Examples” on page 155.

Symbols	Depending on the command, you may see a variety of symbols as part of
	the command syntax. These symbols are summarized in Table 18.

Table 18 Command Syntax Symbols

SymbolDescription

angle brackets < > Enclose a variable or value. You must specify the variable or value; for example, in the syntax:

ADD -SNMP COMmunity <“com.name”>

you must supply a name for com.name when entering the command.

square brackets [ ] Enclose an optional value or a list of optional arguments. One or more values or arguments can be specified. For example, in the syntax:

SET PRIvilege = [User NetMgr]

you can specify either User or NetMgr when entering the command.

parentheses ( ) Enclose a list of values that can be assigned to a single parameter. At least one of them must be selected. You must enter the parentheses and separate the values with a comma if you are assigning more than one value. For example, in the syntax:

SET CurrentPorts = ALL (<port>[,<port>])

you can specify two port numbers by enclosing them in parentheses and separating them with a comma when entering the command.